Jack and Frieda have known each other for two or three months and Jack decides to invite Frieda to spend a night in Brighton and she accepts. Unfortunately, it is 1952 and Frieda's husband is one of the most dangerous bosses of an East End London gang, involved in prostitution, white slavery, bookmakers and extortion. Games are being played for high stakes, do they really know what they are letting themselves in for?
Marcy learns that her husband is doing more than buying feed for the livestock when he makes his weekly run. She plots an explosive plan to deal with his indiscretion and decides to fix a few other shortcomings in the process.
Sue and her husband have Tom come to do some work around their house. While the husband is out of town, Sue treats Tom and he realizes in the end that his whole job was to "do Sue".
Two couples are in a sailboat race. The author loses the race to a prick named Dave. But maybe there is a consolation prize. Sailboats make for interesting situations.
Ten years before Karen was a newlywed teacher, Alan a senior in high school. The teenage crush he had for her was obvious to both the bride teacher and her new husband. What was also obvious over the years was that Karen never lost interest in the boy. Her husband wondered, given the chance, what if?